Trevor Menders is a 2018 graduate of Columbia’s East Asian Languages and Cultures Department and a former student worker at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. He recently completed a year as a Fulbright Research Fellow in affiliation with Tokyo University of the Arts. Beginning in September he will be a Toshizo Watanabe Fellow at the Yokohama Inter-University Center for … [Read more...]
”KILOMET109: Women, Modernity, & Sustainable Fashion in Contemporary Vietnam”
East Asian Languages and Cultures Department Event Please join us for a panel discussion with: Vũ Thảo, Founder Kilomet 109 Valerie Steele, Director Fashion Institute of New York Hazel Clarke, Professor of Design Studies and Fashion Studies The New School Dorothy Ko, Professor of History Barnard College Moderated by: John Phan, Assistant … [Read more...]
“Traversing Chosŏn Society through Music”
Center for Korean Research Special Event Please join us for a special performance by: Gamin Kang, piri, saenghwang and taepyeongso soloist Q&A with: Hye Eun Choi, Visiting Scholar Columbia University Gamin Kang, simply known as “gamin,” a distinguished NYC soloist, tours the world performing both traditional Korean music and … [Read more...]
A Conversation with Yangchuk Tso: Negotiating Ethnicity, Gender and Language Rights in Contemporary Tibetan Pop Music and Cinema
Brown Bag Lecture May 1, 2019 Yangchuk Tso is best known for her collaboration with the critically acclaimed Tibetan auteur Pema Tseden on his 2016 film “Tharlo”, which won best adapted screenplay at the 2016 Taipei Golden Horse awards. In addition to being the leading actress of the Tibetan New Wave, she is one of the best known Tibetan contemporary singers and has … [Read more...]
New Faculty Feature: Takuya Tsunoda
Takuya Tsunoda is assistant professor of Japanese film and media in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. Since joining the Weatherhead East Asian Institute in January 2019, he has quickly become an invaluable member of the WEAI community, contributing insight into the nuances of contemporary Japanese film. An abridged version of this interview appears in the … [Read more...]
